MRI screening of the cerebellopontine angle and inner ear with fast spin-echo T2 technique

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Kovacsovics, B ^a   Davidsson, L ^a   Harder, H ^a   Magnuson, B ^a   Ledin, T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INNER EAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOSCLEROSIS; PONS ANGLE; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTIGO;

ARTIFACTS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; COCHLEA; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIZZINESS; GADOLINIUM; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033990766     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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